Visual Studio Live! is returning to Microsoft HQ (Redmond, WA)August 6-10, 2012. If you've never attended before, it's a great opportunity to build your skills and learn from top Microsoft experts and insiders - right in the heart of the "Mothership" itself!

Tracks at Visual Studio Live! Redmond include:

Visual Studio / .NET

Windows 8 / WinRT

Cloud Computing and Services (such Azure and WCF)

Silverlight / WPF

Data Management (including SQL Server, SQL Azure and Hadoop)

Windows Phone

Cross-Platform Mobile (including app development for iOS, Android and WP7)

HTML5

Web (including ASP.NET and RESTful Services)

The extra-cool part about Visual Studio Live! Redmond: attendees get exclusive access to the Microsoft campus, including the employee-only discount area at the Microsoft Company Store (which means stocking up on hugely-discounted software)! Here are a couple additional links: